Pastry tool



March 17. 1925. 1,530,279

E. G. MINNEMAN PAsTRjI TOOL Filed oct. 27, 1924 aufm nu* l Patented Mar. 17, 1925.'

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PASTRY TOOL.

Application med october 27,1924. serial No. 745,954.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. MINNE- MAN, a citizen of the United States, "residing in the city of Richmond, county of Wayne, State of Indiana, have inventeda new and useful Pastry Tool, of whichthe following is a. full, clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, the Same being such as will enable others tomake and use the same with exactitude.

The objects, broadly stated, of myV present invention is the provision of a tool or utensil to be employed in the manufacture or production of pastry products, the. same being simple in character, easily' compreliended and operated, capable of avariety of uses, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

More specifically stated, my object is the provision of a device to be employed for utilitarian results and for the artistic embellishment of pies, cakes, and other pastry products, to be applied during the manufacture thereof.

Other minor objects and particular' advantages of the invention will suggest themselves in the course of the following description, and that which is new will be correlated in the appended claims.

The preferred means for carrying out the principles of my invention in a practical and economical manner, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a face view of my entire device; Figure .2 is a back or rear view of the same; Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the same, as taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; Figure t shows the .crimper member alone; Figure 5 shows the cutter member alone; and Figure 6 shows the handle portion alone.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views. f

VIn order that the construction, the opera tion, and theseveral advantages of my invention may be fully understood and appreciated I will now take up a detailed de-V scription thereof, in which I will set forth the same as comprehensively as I may.

My present invention consists of three distinct parts: The handle member; the cutter member, and the crimper member.

The handle memberl comprises the handle proper denoted by letter A, whose outer or free end portion forms a blade B, whose edge C is formed at an angle with relation to the handle proper. Letter D denotes an aperture to receive a stationary hook or the f like by which the device may be suspended. Integral with the inner end of the handle A is the disc port-ion E. Turned back at right-angles thereto from the edge of the disc E lare a plurality of cut-ters F.

The cutter member comprises a flat disc portion G, witha blade H which curves slightly forward and termina-tes in the circular edge J which is concentric with the disc portiony G.

The crimper member is cup-shaped, and it comprises a disk K, adapted to contact with the disc G, and from the periphery of the disk K a flange L extends forward` at substantially.'rightfangles thereto, and said flange is crimped, or otherwise bent, to form teeth I, and said flange and the endsy of the teeth I are shaped to form a cutting edge.

The said parts are to be assembled as follows: The cutter member, shown alone in Fig. 5, and the crimper member, shown alone in Fig. 4, are first rigidly secured together by means of rivets M, or otherwise, whereby the discs G and K are in contact and concentric with each other.-

Letter N denotes the pivot or center rivet, which is disposed through apertures in the center of the discs G, K and E, and a washer P which is located in contact with the inner face of the disk K.

We now have the cutter member and the crimper so mounted, as to form a single unit, that it will revolve on the pivot N, with the disk G revolving in contact with the disc E.

Vthe edge C of the blade B, or by the ends of the flange L and the teeth I, to provide Va decorative or artistic effect and also to provide means for the escape of steam from the interior of the pie when it is being baked.

After' both the bottom and the top crust dough has been laced in position, then the device may be ta en in ones hand by means of thea handle and`r then runi around,A with the inner face of `the cutter blade I-I -in shearing contact with the edge ofV the rim of the pie-pan, and at the same time the teeth I will revolve, in contact with the dough on top of the rim of the pan. As the tool travels forward it will be seen that the surplus dough w-illbe cut away even with the rim of the pan, and the two thicknesses off doughl on topolt the p an rimY will be crimped andi pressed together whereby the pie will not lealrand at the Sametime giving theed'ge of-'the pie zurartistic effect.

Itf will be realizedl that my tool'may. be used for variouspurposesbtherthan that in the making of pies.-

Il desire that it be understood that var-i'- ous 'changesmay be made inthe several: details `Aof constructon without departing' 'from the spirit of the invention and withoutsac'- rificing any of. the` advantages thereof whichi are new and usefuli.

Having-l now fully,v shown anch described my invention, what I claim and desiree t'o secure by Letters-y Patent: of the United States, is-

1; A pastryteol, a handle, a circular cutreaders ter' pivoted tok the handle, a cupeshaped crimper memberv rigidly secured to and concentric lwith said cutter, teeth Jformed by the wallet the cup-shaped member, said teeth being at substantially right-angles to said cutter.

2. A pastry tool comprising a handle, a disc integral with the inner end of the handle, a second disc, a cutting blade on the periphery of thesecondxdisdathird disc, a ange extending atright-angles thereto Jfrom the periphery of the third disc, teeth formed by said flange, means for rigidly securing the Second and thc-third discs together, and means for pivotedly connecting the first disc to the second and ythird discs.

3; A: pastry tool comprisinga handle, a circular cutter pivoted' to the handle, a cupped crimper member secured to and concentricl with said' cutteig. and: teeth formed by the wall of' the crimper member, said teeth'- being ati substantially*rightanglesv to said. cutter.

InA testimony whereof: I. have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDWARD, e. MrNativi-rnv. Y 

